Who cares? :: public ambivalence and government activism from the New Deal to the second gilded age /

Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and...

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1. Verfasser: Newman, Katherine S., 1953-
Weitere Verfasser: Jacobs, Elisabeth S., 1977-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and letters to presidents from average citizens. This evidence, some of it little known, reveals a much darker, more impatient attitude toward the poor, the unemployed, and the dispossessed during the 1930s and 1960s. Katherine Newman and Elisabeth Jacobs show that some of the social policies that Amer.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 219 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834686
1400834686
0691135630
9780691135632

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